How much does George charge for one of his shows? From reading his views, I would imagine it is a very minimal amount---only enough to cover overhead and pay him wages of $5.00 per hour for his time on the stage, right?

The guy's funny , you have to give him that. So is Robin Williams . As far as working cheap , its one thing knocking bigmoney and another making it. This is the greatest country in the world , a place where Carlin admits to being anti-American and he can still work. maybe he should try his act in Iran, or North Korea. see how many laughs he gets there knocking one of the Mullahs, or the little crazy man who runs Korea. Every American has something he sees could be changed for the better in America, but most of us appreciate what we dont have to change, just what we have to protect, and being conservative is protecting the Constitution.

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posted on 01/25/2004 4:18:21 PM PST
by sgtbono2002
(I aint wrong, I aint sorry , and I am probably going to do it again.)

"...right-wing Christians, the Ashcroft branch of Republicanism. (They're) just shredding the rest of the Bill of Rights..."

Poor George. He so selective and one-sided with his criticism of who is reponsible for the destruction of the Bill of Rights.

Has he forgotten, conveniently I am sure, who has destroyed parts of the First Amendment, the entire Second Amendment, the entire Fourth Amendment, parts of the Fifth Amendment, and the entire Tenth Amendment?

It was the the groups are people mentioned in his list above, nor was it "business."

"The most interesting thing to me is that the things that people would seem to have the most right to have - that is to say health, food, shelter and a job are the things that are last on the list."

The right to PURSUE happiness doesn't give me the right to happiness.

I pursue good health in many ways but have the mother-of-all-colds right now. Can I sue someone?

Food, shelter and jobs are earned. Americans don't have rights to them! Soviets do. Well, they did before their country imploded. You can bet most of them didn't think they had the right job, or the right shelter or the right food either. When the gov't gives you the right to a job, don't be surprised if you don't like the job!

I guess I'd ask Carlin, given the chance, the same thing I'd ask anyone else who trashes our country: What country is your model? Who has done it better? Granting that we're not perfect, to what role model would you have us aspire, Mr. Carlin?

"...I'm just about (being) anti-United States. I don't like the way this country operates. I think we've ruined this place. And I think it's largely because of businessmen. And businessmen are not liberals.

George, you still have a record deal with Atlantic (a Time Warner subsidiary), and you have a book deal with Hyperion (a Disney subsidiary). In other words, you have business arrangements with two of the largest American media companies. You were saying?

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posted on 01/25/2004 4:41:40 PM PST
by RichInOC
("...it sounds like a snack...yeah, I know, it is....")

Friggin amazing isn't it.......get rid of BUSINESS, so just us ENTERTAINERS, who are NOT business types of course, can play to packed houses of people who pay with sea shells in an open theater in the round with no seats under the moonlight, sponsored by..........YOU KNOW IT the GOVERNMENT. The guy is and always has been funny but no less a commie.

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posted on 01/25/2004 4:42:23 PM PST
by PISANO
(God Bless our Troops........They will not TIRE - They will not FALTER - They will not FAIL!!!!!)

I'm just about (being) anti-United States. I don't like the way this country operates. I think we've ruined this place. And I think it's largely because of businessmen.

Carlin's resume includes 24 albums, 12 HBO specials.... His next book, "When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops," will be published later this year.....Carlin also will enjoy his most significant acting role to date in this year's "Jersey Girl," ..... I sell 250,000 tickets a year....

I did a quick check on ticket prices.....rough average by my estimation (prices listed at venues, not brokers)$ 160.00 per ticket........multiply by 250,000....= a cool forty million in ticket sales....no wonder he hates american business.

. . . this experiment, this magnificent experiment in democracy is just being shredded to pieces by these right-wing Christians, the Ashcroft branch of Republicanism. (They're) just shredding the rest of the Bill of Rights which hadn't been shredded already.

Still corked off over being thrown in the slammer in Milwaukee in 1972, eh George?

Why? I thought he was all about the truth. His is liberal. Unless he is secretly ashamed of being liberal, he should embrace the title. And if he IS ashamed, he shoudl asked himself what about being a liberal is bad.

Everybody's got more jet skis and Dustbusters now and sneakers with lights in them. They've got more cheese on their thing that they buy. They get double helpings. See, Americans measure all their progress in the wrong way. They measure by quantity and by gizmos and toys. And not by quality and by things that are important.

Ah, let's see George, since you gross $40 million a year from your concerts alone, I guess by the *important things* you mean Rolls Royces, private planes, and Malibu mansions. Sorry to hear that my finances don't allow me to value the things that you do.

I did a quick check on ticket prices.....rough average by my estimation (prices listed at venues, not brokers)$ 160.00 per ticket........multiply by 250,000....= a cool forty million in ticket sales....no wonder he hates american business.

Nah, his tickets don't cost that much -- I just looked on Ticketmaster, and depending on the city, they go from between $30 and $60. But even so, he's still a millionaire many times over.

And as for his charge that this country's being run poorly for 180 years now, that would mean the last good time was 1824, when there was slavery!

Carlin is an original. Of course he's in it for the money, but considering he's 66, the cynicism in his act is something he fashioned on his own. The young crops of comedians since are copycats. He's a 60's throwback in many ways, but mostly he's just a nasty cynical comedian.

Answer: Uh, quality. It's a fact. I'm one of the best ones out there. I sell 250,000 tickets a year. There aren't many comedians in my age group that do that. Cosby probably does that ... I'm kind of singular now. I mean, I'm not being boastful or conceited. I'm being an accurate reporter of the facts. I'm pretty good at this. The reason it's lasted so long is I continue to grow and turn out new material.

This, from the liberal, anti-business, captain of the stand-up comic industry (read: businessman).

this magnificent experiment in democracy is just being shredded to pieces by these right-wing Christians, the Ashcroft branch of Republicanism. (They're) just shredding the rest of the Bill of Rights which hadn't been shredded already.

There's not much left to shred, but every administration does its part, with the assistance of Congress, of course. I don't understand why a person couldn't take the government to court and charge them with violating the Tenth Amendment. But the fact that crazy people like Judicial Watch aren't doing it, tells me it can't even be done anymore.

The peaceful revolution of the ballot box simply exchanges between social conservatives/fiscal liberals and social liberals/fiscal liberals. The only man of honor in Washington DC is Ron Paul.

A: Everybody's got more jet skis and Dustbusters now and sneakers with lights in them. They've got more cheese on their thing that they buy. They get double helpings. See, Americans measure all their progress in the wrong way. They measure by quantity and by gizmos and toys. And not by quality and by things that are important.

What do you want to bet that George has more "stuff" then most anyone else in the world will have in their lifetime.

A: No. First of all, I'm not liberal. I'm just about (being) anti-United States. I don't like the way this country operates. I think we've ruined this place. And I think it's largely because of businessmen. And businessmen are not liberals. So if that makes me a liberal, then that's just an association. It's not a choice. ...

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